In the seventh round of the Round of 12, Japan defeated the national football team, Australia defeated Vietnam, the B group standings were updated, and the qualifying situation also changed.
Saudi Arabia is still ranked first with 16 points in 6 games, Japan is second with 15 points in 7 games, Australia is third with 14 points in 7 games, Oman is fourth with 7 points in 6 games, the national football team is fifth with 5 points in 7 games, and Vietnam is at the bottom with 0 points in 7 games.
As you can see, the top three are very competitive, and the bottom three are already behind. The situation is very clear, Saudi Arabia, Japan, Australia compete for the top two of the group direct qualification, the only one of the three teams to lose the basic can also get the third place play-off qualification.
As the world's highest ranking top seed in this group, the Japanese team was originally the biggest favorite who directly qualified, or even the first in the group, but after the first seven rounds, the Japanese team did not lead in group B as everyone expected, but fell into fierce competition with Saudi Arabia and Australia.
Also in Group B, the performance of the Chinese team so far is difficult to satisfy their fans, perhaps our expectations are too high, when the group of the top 12 matches is revealed, we hope that the national football team can compete for the third place in the group, but now, after the first seven rounds, the national football team has basically declared it out, in order to get the final group third, the conditions are extremely harsh: Australia's last 3 games are all defeated, the last 3 games of the national football team are all won, and the gap between the 15 goal differences between Australia and Australia is indispensable! Therefore, realistically speaking, the Chinese team is out.
As a comparison, the situation in Group A of the Round of 12 is completely different, as of South Korea's 1-0 defeat of Lebanon in the seventh round, the group table situation is: South Korea is first in 17 points in 7 rounds, Iran is second in 6 rounds, UAE is 6 points in 6 rounds, Lebanon is fourth in 7 rounds 5 points, Iraq is 5 points in 6 rounds, and Syria is at the bottom of 2 points in 6 rounds.
If the national football team is in Group A, 5 points are completely alive; if the top seed of Group B, Japan, and the top seed of Group A, Iran, are reversed, the Japanese team with 15 points can completely qualify in advance, as for the early rounds, it depends on the specific situation. To put it a ridiculous word: China and Japan are in Group B, which can be called a double defeat! Of course, this is an afterthought, who could have predicted the current situation?